Question

You need 114114 feet of string to make 20 holiday ornaments.To make 16 holiday ornaments, you will need Incorrect feet of string.Enter your answer as a fraction or whole number

Answer 1

Given that, 11/4 feet of string is need to make to holiday ornaments and assume x feet of string is needed to make 16 holiday ornaments.

`\begin{gathered} ((11)/(4))/(x)=(20)/(16) \\ (11)/(4x)=(5)/(4) \\ (x)/(11)=(1)/(5) \\ x=(11)/(5) \end{gathered}`

Therefore, 11/5 feet of string is needed to make 16 ornaments.